Openness to trade and industry cost dispersion: Evidence from a panel of Italian firms

被引：22

作者：

Del Gatto, Massimo ^{[1
]}

Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. ^{[2
]}

Pagnini, Marcello ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cagliari, Fac Sci Polit, Dipartimento Ric Econ & Sociali, I-09123 Cagliari, Italy

[2] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Sci Econ, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

[3] Bologna Main Branch, Bank Italy, Econ Res Unit, I-40124 Bologna, Italy

来源：

JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE | 2008年 / 48卷 / 01期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00546.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We use Italian firm-level data to investigate the impact of trade openness on the distribution of firms across marginal cost levels. In so doing, we implement a procedure that allows us to control not only for the standard transmission bias identified in firm-level TFP regressions but also for the omitted price bias due to imperfect competition. We find that more open industries are characterized by a smaller dispersion of costs across active firms. Moreover, in those industries the average cost is also smaller.

引用

页码：97 / 129

页数：33

共 35 条

[1] Gravity with gravitas: A solution to the border puzzle [J].

Anderson, JE ;

van Wincoop, E .

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 2003, 93 (01) :170-192

[2]

[Anonymous], 12927 NBER

[3]

[Anonymous], 2005, 11471 NBER

[4]

[Anonymous], 2001, GEOGRAPHY TRADE COST

[5]

AW BY, 2003, ECON J, V113, P443

[6]

BECK N, 1995, AM POLIT SCI REV, V89, P634, DOI 10.2307/2082979

[7] Plants and productivity in international trade [J].

Bernard, AB ;

Eaton, J ;

Jensen, JB ;

Kortum, S .

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 2003, 93 (04) :1268-1290

[8] Exceptional exporter performance: cause, effect, or both? [J].

Bernard, AB ;

Jensen, JB .

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, 1999, 47 (01) :1-25

[9] Trade costs, firms and productivity [J].

Bernard, Andrew B. ;

Jensen, J. Bradford ;

Schott, Peter K. .

JOURNAL OF MONETARY ECONOMICS, 2006, 53 (05) :917-937

[10]

BOMBARDINI M, 2005, FIRM HETEROGENEITY L

← 1 2 3 4 →